The Green Bay Packers announced plans for the 10th anniversary ‘Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour,’ set for April 14-18. This year’s tour includes three stops in western Wisconsin, in addition to stops in southern and eastern Wisconsin, to visit with fans and thank them in person for their support.

Tour celebrities will include Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy, players Andrew Quarless, Micah Hyde and Casey Hayward, and Packers alumni Gilbert Brown, Antonio Freeman and Bill Schroeder. The tour will also feature special alumni in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Tailgate Tour, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer.

The Green Bay Packers announced plans for the 10th anniversary ‘Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour,’ set for April 14-18. This year’s tour includes three stops in western Wisconsin, in addition to stops in southern and eastern Wisconsin, to visit with fans and thank them in person for their support.

Tour celebrities will include Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy, players Andrew Quarless, Micah Hyde and Casey Hayward, and Packers alumni Gilbert Brown, Antonio Freeman and Bill Schroeder. The tour will also feature special alumni in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Tailgate Tour, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer.

The Green Bay Packers announced plans for the 10th anniversary ‘Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour,’ set for April 14-18. This year’s tour includes three stops in western Wisconsin, in addition to stops in southern and eastern Wisconsin, to visit with fans and thank them in person for their support.

Tour celebrities will include Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy, players Andrew Quarless, Micah Hyde and Casey Hayward, and Packers alumni Gilbert Brown, Antonio Freeman and Bill Schroeder. The tour will also feature special alumni in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Tailgate Tour, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer.

The Green Bay Packers announced plans for the 10th anniversary ‘Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour,’ set for April 14-18. This year’s tour includes three stops in western Wisconsin, in addition to stops in southern and eastern Wisconsin, to visit with fans and thank them in person for their support.

Tour celebrities will include Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy, players Andrew Quarless, Micah Hyde and Casey Hayward, and Packers alumni Gilbert Brown, Antonio Freeman and Bill Schroeder. The tour will also feature special alumni in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Tailgate Tour, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer.

Biography

Ranks No. 1 in NFL history (min. 1,500 attempts) with a career passer rating of 104.9, more than seven points ahead of No. 2 Peyton Manning (97.2).

Also ranks No. 1 in league history in career INT percentage (1.76) and TD/INT ratio (3.62, 188/52), and ranks No. 3 in completion percentage (65.8) and yards/attempt (8.19).

In the franchise record books, holds four of the top five single-season marks for passer rating (2009, 2011-13), two of the top three for passing TDs (2011-12), four of the top five for completion percentage (2010-13) and two of the top three for passing yards (2009, 2011).

Is the only quarterback in league history to register a 100-plus passer rating in five consecutive seasons (2009-13).

In 87 career regular-season starts (58-29 record), has posted 32 games with 300-plus passing yards, 47 without an interception (min. 15 attempts) and 51 with a 100-plus passer rating.

Has been selected to the Pro Bowl three of the last five seasons (2009, 2011-12) and was named the NFC’s starting QB in 2011 and 2012.

Earned first-team All-Pro honors from The Associated Press in 2011 and earned second-team recognition in 2012.

Has helped the Packers average 28.2 points per game in his 87 career regular-season starts, No. 1 among NFL quarterbacks since 1950 (min. 50 starts).

Posted 21,332 passing yards from 2008-12, the most in NFL history by a QB in his first five seasons as a starter.

Set an NFL record among QBs whose careers started since 1970 with 43 games with a plus-100 passer rating in his first 75 starts, topping Tony Romo’s mark of 40.

When he hit the 150-TD mark for his career (Week 7 of 2012, at St. Louis), he had thrown just 42 INTs to that point, the fewest in NFL history as he bested Dan Marino’s mark of 69 INTs at the time of his 150th career TD pass.

Leads the league with 47 zero-INT games (min. 15 attempts) since 2008. Had a 41-game regular-season streak without a two-INT game from 2010-13, the longest streak in NFL history.

Since taking over as the starter in 2008, ranks No. 1 in the NFL in passer rating (105.6) and yards per attempt (8.24) and No. 2 in the league in passing TDs (187), INT percentage (1.7) and 25-yard passes (211).

Is the only QB in NFL history to register two seasons with 500-plus attempts and seven or fewer INTs (2009 and 2011) and is the only 4,000-yard passer in league annals to throw six or fewer INTs (4,643 yards, six INTs in 2011).

Is the lone NFL QB since the merger to post four or more consecutive 110-plus rating games in three straight seasons (Weeks 3-4, 6-7 in 2009; Week 9, Weeks 11-13 in 2010; Weeks 1-7, 9-12 in 2011).

Threw a TD pass in 35 consecutive regular-season games at home from 2008-12, the second-longest streak in NFL history behind only Marino’s 39-game streak from 1983-88.

Was limited to just nine starts in 2013 due to a fractured collarbone, but ranked No. 5 in the league in passer rating (104.9), No. 2 in yards/attempt (8.74), No. 5 in completion percentage (66.6) and No. 3 in yards/completion (13.14).

His combined passer rating of 114.9 from 2011-12 was the best two-season passer rating in NFL history (min. 700 attempts), topping Manning’s 113.0 rating from 2004-05.

Set the franchise record for the most passing TDs over a two-season span with 84 from 2011-12, which is also No. 3 in NFL history behind only Drew Brees’ 89 from 2011-12 and Manning’s 92 from 2012-13.

Led the league in passer rating (108.0), TD percentage (7.1) and TD/INT ratio (4.88, 39/8) in 2012 and finished No. 2 in passing TDs (39) and No. 3 in completion percentage (67.2).

Threw 25 TD passes in the first nine games in 2012, becoming the first QB in NFL history to throw 25-plus TD passes in the opening nine contests of two different seasons (28 TDs in 2011).

Set the NFL single-season record for passer rating with a 122.5 rating in 2011, topping the previous mark held by Manning (121.1 in ’04). Was the first Packer to lead the league in the category since the system was implemented in 1973.

In 2011, set league records for the most 100-plus rating games (13) and most 110-plus rating games (12), and tied the NFL mark for the most 140-plus rating games (four).

Also in 2011, set franchise records for TD passes (45), passing yards (4,643), completion percentage (68.3), yards per attempt (9.25), TD/INT ratio (7.50) and 300-yard games (eight), and tied the team mark for INT percentage (1.20) on his way to earning NFL Most Valuable Player honors from AP.

Became only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw for 300 yards and three TDs with no INTs in a Super Bowl, taking home game MVP honors for Green Bay’s win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV.

Is the only QB in NFL history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons (2008-09) as a starter.

Has a 109.7 passer rating in divisional games, the best career passer rating in league history since the NFL went to a divisional format in 1967.

Since taking over as the starter in 2008, ranks No. 2 in the NFL in red-zone passer rating (107.0), No. 3 in TDs (119) and No. 1 in TD/INT ratio (39.67, 119/3).

With 18 career rushing TDs, ranks No. 2 in franchise history among QBs behind only Tobin Rote (29). Joined Rote (1954-56) as the only QBs in team annals to post three straight seasons with four-plus rushing TDs (2008-10).

Rushed for 250-plus yards in four consecutive seasons (2009-12), joining Rote (five straight, 1954-58) as the only QBs in team history to accomplish that feat.

Has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week eight times in his career (Weeks 13 and 16 of 2010; Weeks 1, 4 and 9 in 2011; Weeks 4 and 6 in 2012; Week 2 in 2013) and NFC Offensive Player of the Month six times (October 2009, December 2010, September, October and November 2011, and October 2012).

COLLEGE

A two-year starter and letterman at California, he completed 424 of 665 passes (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, with 43 TDs and 13 INTs while playing in 25 games with 22 starts…His 150.3 career passer rating and 1.95 INT percentage are both tops in school history…Threw for 250-plus yards 10 times and had 160 rushes for 336 yards (2.1 avg.) and eight TDs…With scant Division I interest after two highly successful prep seasons, began his college career at Butte College, near Chico, Calif. …It was there that Cal coach Jeff Tedford noticed Rodgers while watching video of a teammate, TE Garrett Cross (who later, too, became a Cal Golden Bear, and then a Green Bay Packer)…After watching him practice and feeling confident in his ability to thrive in Berkeley, Tedford offered Rodgers a scholarship and launched the beginning of two immensely successful seasons…Majored in American studies.

PERSONAL

Given name Aaron Charles Rodgers…Born in Chico, Calif. …Nicknamed “A-Rod”…Single…Father, Ed, played offensive guard at Chico State from 1973-76 and then lined up for three-plus seasons (three games in 1978, 1979-81) with the Twin City Cougars, a semi-pro football team in Marysville, Calif.; the Cougars captured the 1980 semi-pro national championship by defeating the Delavan (Wis.) Red Devils, 37-20...Younger brother, Jordan, played quarterback at Vanderbilt and has spent time on Tampa Bay’s practice squad in 2013…High school: A two-time all-section choice (2000-01) at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif., passing for 4,419 yards over the course of his junior and senior seasons and setting the single-season school record for passing yards his senior year (2,303)…Also pitched for his high school baseball team as a senior…Community involvement: Has become particularly active with the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund and recently eclipsed the $1 million mark in total monies raised through various campaigns and events…Has hosted the fundraising banquet “An Evening with Aaron Rodgers” in Milwaukee in each of the last five offseasons on behalf of the organization…Won the Bart Starr Award in 2014, which annually recognizes one NFL player for outstanding character and leadership on the field and in the community...In December 2011, hosted “A Pack Lunch with Aaron Rodgers,” where MACC Fund donors joined him for an afternoon lunch hour in Green Bay…In 2009, worked with The Salvation Army to have “Twelve’s Day of Christmas,” a benefit partnering with Shopko to give holiday gifts to underprivileged children…Co-hosted a charity golf tournament with Young Life from 2006-08…Plays annually in the Andy North and Friends Golf Getaway, an event that raises money and awareness for the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center…A scratch golfer, plays regularly and has played in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nev., 10 times…Has participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon, the Vince Lombardi Golf Classic and the 2009 ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic…While at Cal, he and WR Geoff McArthur participated in fundraiser “Touchdown for Kids,” with money donated to local youth programs for every TD pass connection authored by the two…Hobbies/interests: Worked a summer job in 2004 washing windows in the San Francisco Bay area with Cal punter David Lonie, who was briefly with the Packers prior to the 2007 season…An avid indie rock and country music listener, his favorite solo artists include Ben Harper, Mat Kearney and Pete Murray, and he lists his favorite bands as Anberlin and Counting Crows…Is also an ardent Milwaukee Brewers fan and enjoys attending their games…Recorded a series of promotional ads for the club during 2012 spring training…Lists the Bible as his favorite book and Land of the Lost, The Princess Bride and Tombstone as his favorite movies…Game of Thrones, Jeopardy and South Park are among his favorite TV shows…His offseason travels have featured trips to Australia, Cabo San Lucas, the Kentucky Derby and the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, where he served as a presenter multiple times…Residence: Chico, Calif.

Pro Highlights

Ranks No. 1 in NFL history (min. 1,500 attempts) with a career passer rating of 104.9, more than seven points ahead of No. 2 Peyton Manning (97.2).

Also ranks No. 1 in league history in career INT percentage (1.76) and TD/INT ratio (3.62, 188/52), and ranks No. 3 in completion percentage (65.8) and yards/attempt (8.19).

In the franchise record books, holds four of the top five single-season marks for passer rating (2009, 2011-13), two of the top three for passing TDs (2011-12), four of the top five for completion percentage (2010-13) and two of the top three for passing yards (2009, 2011).

Is the only quarterback in league history to register a 100-plus passer rating in five consecutive seasons (2009-13).

In 87 career regular-season starts (58-29 record), has posted 32 games with 300-plus passing yards, 47 without an interception (min. 15 attempts) and 51 with a 100-plus passer rating.

Has been selected to the Pro Bowl three of the last five seasons (2009, 2011-12) and was named the NFC’s starting QB in 2011 and 2012.

Earned first-team All-Pro honors from The Associated Press in 2011 and earned second-team recognition in 2012.

Has helped the Packers average 28.2 points per game in his 87 career regular-season starts, No. 1 among NFL quarterbacks since 1950 (min. 50 starts).

Posted 21,332 passing yards from 2008-12, the most in NFL history by a QB in his first five seasons as a starter.

Set an NFL record among QBs whose careers started since 1970 with 43 games with a plus-100 passer rating in his first 75 starts, topping Tony Romo’s mark of 40.

When he hit the 150-TD mark for his career (Week 7 of 2012, at St. Louis), he had thrown just 42 INTs to that point, the fewest in NFL history as he bested Dan Marino’s mark of 69 INTs at the time of his 150th career TD pass.

Leads the league with 47 zero-INT games (min. 15 attempts) since 2008. Had a 41-game regular-season streak without a two-INT game from 2010-13, the longest streak in NFL history.

Since taking over as the starter in 2008, ranks No. 1 in the NFL in passer rating (105.6) and yards per attempt (8.24) and No. 2 in the league in passing TDs (187), INT percentage (1.7) and 25-yard passes (211).

Is the only QB in NFL history to register two seasons with 500-plus attempts and seven or fewer INTs (2009 and 2011) and is the only 4,000-yard passer in league annals to throw six or fewer INTs (4,643 yards, six INTs in 2011).

Is the lone NFL QB since the merger to post four or more consecutive 110-plus rating games in three straight seasons (Weeks 3-4, 6-7 in 2009; Week 9, Weeks 11-13 in 2010; Weeks 1-7, 9-12 in 2011).

Threw a TD pass in 35 consecutive regular-season games at home from 2008-12, the second-longest streak in NFL history behind only Marino’s 39-game streak from 1983-88.

Was limited to just nine starts in 2013 due to a fractured collarbone, but ranked No. 5 in the league in passer rating (104.9), No. 2 in yards/attempt (8.74), No. 5 in completion percentage (66.6) and No. 3 in yards/completion (13.14).

His combined passer rating of 114.9 from 2011-12 was the best two-season passer rating in NFL history (min. 700 attempts), topping Manning’s 113.0 rating from 2004-05.

Set the franchise record for the most passing TDs over a two-season span with 84 from 2011-12, which is also No. 3 in NFL history behind only Drew Brees’ 89 from 2011-12 and Manning’s 92 from 2012-13.

Led the league in passer rating (108.0), TD percentage (7.1) and TD/INT ratio (4.88, 39/8) in 2012 and finished No. 2 in passing TDs (39) and No. 3 in completion percentage (67.2).

Threw 25 TD passes in the first nine games in 2012, becoming the first QB in NFL history to throw 25-plus TD passes in the opening nine contests of two different seasons (28 TDs in 2011).

Set the NFL single-season record for passer rating with a 122.5 rating in 2011, topping the previous mark held by Manning (121.1 in ’04). Was the first Packer to lead the league in the category since the system was implemented in 1973.

In 2011, set league records for the most 100-plus rating games (13) and most 110-plus rating games (12), and tied the NFL mark for the most 140-plus rating games (four).

Also in 2011, set franchise records for TD passes (45), passing yards (4,643), completion percentage (68.3), yards per attempt (9.25), TD/INT ratio (7.50) and 300-yard games (eight), and tied the team mark for INT percentage (1.20) on his way to earning NFL Most Valuable Player honors from AP.

Became only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw for 300 yards and three TDs with no INTs in a Super Bowl, taking home game MVP honors for Green Bay’s win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV.

Is the only QB in NFL history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons (2008-09) as a starter.

Has a 109.7 passer rating in divisional games, the best career passer rating in league history since the NFL went to a divisional format in 1967.

Since taking over as the starter in 2008, ranks No. 2 in the NFL in red-zone passer rating (107.0), No. 3 in TDs (119) and No. 1 in TD/INT ratio (39.67, 119/3).

With 18 career rushing TDs, ranks No. 2 in franchise history among QBs behind only Tobin Rote (29). Joined Rote (1954-56) as the only QBs in team annals to post three straight seasons with four-plus rushing TDs (2008-10).

Rushed for 250-plus yards in four consecutive seasons (2009-12), joining Rote (five straight, 1954-58) as the only QBs in team history to accomplish that feat.

Has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week eight times in his career (Weeks 13 and 16 of 2010; Weeks 1, 4 and 9 in 2011; Weeks 4 and 6 in 2012; Week 2 in 2013) and NFC Offensive Player of the Month six times (October 2009, December 2010, September, October and November 2011, and October 2012).

COLLEGE

A two-year starter and letterman at California, he completed 424 of 665 passes (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, with 43 TDs and 13 INTs while playing in 25 games with 22 starts…His 150.3 career passer rating and 1.95 INT percentage are both tops in school history…Threw for 250-plus yards 10 times and had 160 rushes for 336 yards (2.1 avg.) and eight TDs…With scant Division I interest after two highly successful prep seasons, began his college career at Butte College, near Chico, Calif. …It was there that Cal coach Jeff Tedford noticed Rodgers while watching video of a teammate, TE Garrett Cross (who later, too, became a Cal Golden Bear, and then a Green Bay Packer)…After watching him practice and feeling confident in his ability to thrive in Berkeley, Tedford offered Rodgers a scholarship and launched the beginning of two immensely successful seasons…Majored in American studies.

PERSONAL

Given name Aaron Charles Rodgers…Born in Chico, Calif. …Nicknamed “A-Rod”…Single…Father, Ed, played offensive guard at Chico State from 1973-76 and then lined up for three-plus seasons (three games in 1978, 1979-81) with the Twin City Cougars, a semi-pro football team in Marysville, Calif.; the Cougars captured the 1980 semi-pro national championship by defeating the Delavan (Wis.) Red Devils, 37-20...Younger brother, Jordan, played quarterback at Vanderbilt and has spent time on Tampa Bay’s practice squad in 2013…High school: A two-time all-section choice (2000-01) at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif., passing for 4,419 yards over the course of his junior and senior seasons and setting the single-season school record for passing yards his senior year (2,303)…Also pitched for his high school baseball team as a senior…Community involvement: Has become particularly active with the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund and recently eclipsed the $1 million mark in total monies raised through various campaigns and events…Has hosted the fundraising banquet “An Evening with Aaron Rodgers” in Milwaukee in each of the last five offseasons on behalf of the organization…Won the Bart Starr Award in 2014, which annually recognizes one NFL player for outstanding character and leadership on the field and in the community...In December 2011, hosted “A Pack Lunch with Aaron Rodgers,” where MACC Fund donors joined him for an afternoon lunch hour in Green Bay…In 2009, worked with The Salvation Army to have “Twelve’s Day of Christmas,” a benefit partnering with Shopko to give holiday gifts to underprivileged children…Co-hosted a charity golf tournament with Young Life from 2006-08…Plays annually in the Andy North and Friends Golf Getaway, an event that raises money and awareness for the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center…A scratch golfer, plays regularly and has played in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nev., 10 times…Has participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon, the Vince Lombardi Golf Classic and the 2009 ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic…While at Cal, he and WR Geoff McArthur participated in fundraiser “Touchdown for Kids,” with money donated to local youth programs for every TD pass connection authored by the two…Hobbies/interests: Worked a summer job in 2004 washing windows in the San Francisco Bay area with Cal punter David Lonie, who was briefly with the Packers prior to the 2007 season…An avid indie rock and country music listener, his favorite solo artists include Ben Harper, Mat Kearney and Pete Murray, and he lists his favorite bands as Anberlin and Counting Crows…Is also an ardent Milwaukee Brewers fan and enjoys attending their games…Recorded a series of promotional ads for the club during 2012 spring training…Lists the Bible as his favorite book and Land of the Lost, The Princess Bride and Tombstone as his favorite movies…Game of Thrones, Jeopardy and South Park are among his favorite TV shows…His offseason travels have featured trips to Australia, Cabo San Lucas, the Kentucky Derby and the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, where he served as a presenter multiple times…Residence: Chico, Calif.